Kaiser, remodeling, calcium

[Guest guest]

Hi all! Are any of you Kaiser members? They tell me I'm supposed to

pick a doctor, but all they can tell me about them is where they went to

university. Vegetarian? Holistic? No clue. So, I thought if anyone

would know a good doctor, preferably in one of the Santa Clara locations,

it would be one of you. I just don't want another doctor who sees

veganism as suspect and thinks I should drink milk or who sees me as just

fine because I'm not majorly sick. Thanks for any recommendations you

can offer!

 

Sorry Ken and I haven't been around. I thought we would be by now.

However, Ken has been remodeling our kitchen every weekend and every

evening, so we've been real homebodies. However, eventually, I'm hoping

our home will be nice enough we can host some veggie potlucks. I'll

admit a lot of your events sound like a lot of fun (not to mention great

food), and I hope you're getting great turnouts!

 

Just a thought to all of you small-boned women out there. Unless you're

having a huge serving of collard greens on a daily basis, you may want to

start taking 1000mg of calcium daily (1500 if you're over 50). I've been

taking about 500mg since about 40, and it hasn't been enough. I went to

a health fair recently and had my bone density tested. I don't have

osteoporosis yet, but I have 'low bone mass' or osteopenia. And I

haven't even hit menopause yet. There are other vegan sources of

calcium, like tofu, broccoli, fortified soymilk, etc., but it's hard to

get enough of them without overeating. Besides, the books I've read

recommend high-calcium foods along with the pills.

 

See all of you soon, I hope!

 

Diane Harrison (and Ken Kratz)

246-8149